A printable paper comprising a water-resistant support having two optionally subbed sides and a single layer on at least one of said optionally subbed sides, wherein said single layer has no substantial compositional variation, has a layer thickness of at least 3 μm, a pore volume of at least 1.2 mL/m2 and comprises at least one porous pigment; a process for producing a printable paper comprising the steps of: (i) optionally providing a water-resistant support having two sides with a subbing layer on at least one side; (ii) providing at least one side of said optionally subbed water-resistant support with a single layer having no substantial compositional variation, said single layer being applied to said optionally subbed water-resistant support as at least one wet aqueous layer in a single pass for each side of said water-resistant support, said at least one aqueous layer comprising at least one latex, at least one pigment, at least one binder and optionally at least one insolubilizing agent, wherein said latex is an anionic acrylic latex or an aliphatic polyurethane latex; and the use in printing of the above-described printable paper or that obtained by the above-described production process.